These three Colors, at the most basic level, define WHO you are: Your physical and mental Energy level... your sense of purpose, vision and Mission... and your Attitude / disposition towards life... both at home and at work.

These three Colors are critical to not only acheiving your dreams, but giving yourself the right to dream at all.

Since we like to quantify these issues, add up the scores from your three Colors. What do you think your future looks like if you score less than 6 on any of the three? You judge.

What does a low Energy level plus a lack of Mission coupled with a self-defeating Attitude say about your future?

Bright and glowing? Or dim and fading?

The Bottom Line...

If you want to live your dreams, you can. But you'll have to do the work.

My function is to provide you with information, and motivate you to change.

To keep hope alive.

Your role is to look at your life as it is right now, and determine if change is necessary.

If you are happy with your life as it is... if you are actually LIVING your DREAMS... then change is not necessary. Continue the path.

However, if you want to move your life up to the next level, move these three Colors up to 7-8. The difference in your life will be nothing short of staggering.

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#1227
by Samuel-68466
on 06/11 10:28 AM

Until lately I was limiting myself thinking my dreams should be about more money . I have realized that my true dream was to mentor my children in a positive way. I am thrilled to say I have been living that dream.

I am currently working to recapture my dream, because I allowed other people to destroy what is on my heart to do (to help others in BIG ways). The funny thing about dreams is, that if they are what God has put into you, they will continue to present themselves to you until you do something about it!

These three colors (actually, all 10) for me are not where they need to be, and I am pushing to get them up to 8 or more! No more excuses!

I totally agree, I heard a great comment that says A good idea is something that might happen but a God idea is something that must happen, so you get a chance to respond to the Big idea in your heart. It will for sure get done by you???? or someone else. I get the sence your the one Love to hear more about helping others in Big ways. It's uasually not God untill it is in big ways at least bigger than Us. Dream Big!

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If you open it with Windows media it will run continually til you decide what level you want
to participate.

Not really. I have not focused on what my dreams are or were. I have been focusing on the right now instead of making my dreams a reality. Not only my own dreams, but my children's dreams as well. If I can't obtain my own how can I assist them and show them how to obtain theirs.

Hi Sheena, what you see with your heart today, youll see with your eyes tomorrow. You are a great person! You don't have to look outside - you just have to see what you can do and be open to receiving blessings/help from others...

The first time in my life this is the order of my number one goal: Me, Myself & I for I MUST DO THIS for my survival.

I have been known to be a Visonary, it works wonderfully but for others in my life, not for myself. Now I will begin on setting myself as the one in charge of the necessay work, the one who indeed is worthy of having the life, the balance, the goals, attitude, the boundaries, the dreams, the focus all for and because of myself. Divorce is the beginning of a major step for me,setting a schedule of my life day to day, boundaries and goals are next, I intend for my life to evolve.

Thank you for your words Elizabeth. They express what I have been doing in my life, as I move into the work to manifest MY dreams. I also have done it for and with other people, and now it's for me. Peace and blessings as you move on your path.

I will help a brilliant young scholar in Africa attend the college of his dreams in America this fall. I see my investment in him far greater than any amount of money I might be able to send. He is a powerful and human resources with infinite potential!

My dreams are the most inspiring they have ever been and the only places where they are not the most inspiring dreams is because they are no longer dreams, they are now inspiring realities.
I am blessed to have accomplished so much. And am even more blessed to see more of my dreams coming true.

I have stopped dreaming and live mostly day to day where possible. Planning is for the immediate and upcoming. I have no defined purpose in life other that to be faithful to my wife & family, and provide for them the best I can. Those are my motivators.
Sad - what inspiration will my kids have?

I am usually upbeat and really have no needs. My husband says, "She doesn't have a need in the world, but she has plenty of wants." This is true. I believe when you stop dreaming, you stop living. I see this in some of the above comments. My husband and I are in our 70's and we plan to be dreaming and doing the rest of our lives. We have made plenty of mistakes, but we believe that if you've never made a mistake, you've never done anything! Sometimes it's hard for me to sit and visualize. My mind goes a mile a minute! I know that I need to take more quiet time to think and listen to the voice of God. He is the provider of all our dreams and He has provided many for us, but He never runs low on them.

Dean, by your faithfulness, you provide more inspiration than you realize. You can find a few minutes to get alone with yourself and start with just a few dreams. What the mind can conceive and believe, you will achieve--and receive. Dream and don't give up! So often the perfect home and white picket fence dream of our childhood doesn't happen as soon as we'd hoped and we stop dreaming.

I find myself sometimes thinking negative thoughts about people who do not understand that my mission is to help them. This doesn't help anyone's dream. I must focus on what needs fixing within me. I have a poster in my office that says, "Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen everyday!" I will believe and live that thought.

I am trying to be positive. I am getting disolution with RE. I am so tired of working with people and the banks are not co operating and causing the houses to go in forclosure. It makes me depress and its like I am not doing a good job.

I understand how you feel. I'm not only a part-time agent, but an adjunct professor of real estate and an RE coach. Yes, the market is not like it has been, but everything is always about change.

I promise you that there are agents who are making tons of money right now---they've just adjusted their sails and moved forward. I honestly believe that an agent's success is 90% attitude and faith. I've even written a book about this, and if you would like, I will happily send you an electronic copy of it for no charge. Just email me at tamara2@surewest.net.

ER is talking about attitude alot in this commentary, so hang on to his every word...he knows what's up!

I have no dreams, I'm like melba toast in luke warm milk. What a sincerely morbid thought. Yet I know the fire is still burnning within. I only need to locate the next coarse to turn up the fire within. I would like to work for non-profit and make a differreance helping .

My power to dream is in full-throttle. I notice the one thing that helps is looking at my vision board all day long. Also, writing in a journal daily, while sometimes cumbersome, is useful (thanks Maikel!).

I'm entering my most challenging season, however (kids out of school for the summer and that "summer vacation" state of mind) and instead of watching it be wasted away, I intend on taking full advantage this summer---something I have never done before.

I'm happy with the fact that I am moving forward toward my dreams and goals and I know that despite setbacks along the way that I will reach my end goals. It is a beautiful sunny day and I will have a break this afternoon to enjoy it. I am in good health and am moving forward.

I find I am the happiest when I am busy and have a lot of tasks that I am working on. I might think about it in the moment and say "I have so much to do" "I'm a little overwhelmed" but honestly those are the times in my life when I am the happiest. When I think about the times where I was just sittng and watching TV or I would put things off for another day.. I was usually depressed! So keep busy out there!

No..I work too many hours for the amount of money I make. I love working with people, but it feels like I'm being drained. Just not enough income to pay my bills and I want to spend more time with my family

No, only because I do not have a plan. I feel lost. I have excelled to the top mant times in my life. Once I achive a goal I look for another. My gas tank is full with nowhere to go. I have no real dreams.

Hi Lea,
Have you read Success on Purpose? Getting your mission is the first thing to figure out, then you'll find yourself a lot more excited and motivated---at least that's what worked for me.
Best of luck!
Tamara

Interesting question& Of course I have a big stake in my dreams and I used to think I was the only one to get me there. A couple years ago I realized something. The more you show genuine enthusiasm for something important to you the more other people get excited about it too. If you can share your goals and let other people feel a part of the process and the success they will be very willing to help you. All you have to do to receive their support is ask for help with any part of your plan that you know they would excel at. Once they agree make sure to get them together to create the plan in the very beginning. One thing to remember though...once you have their attention and they are on board it becomes up to you to keep up the enthusiasm within yourself and make sure to show them genuine appreciation for their efforts until the dream is reached. Otherwise those same people could lose interest or feel unappreciated. Don't be afraid to share your vision because doing so allows others to help share the action.

I spend everyday thinking I am crossing 100 things off of my to do list, not pursuing higher goals. My day is so action packed that it feels impossible for me to do the detail work that is required to make plans. As a result I don't ever change and continue to be the same for years. I would like to figure out what time of day to force myself to finish this program so I can have a better life.

Hi Amit, procrastination happens when you do unimportant things during your free time.

You know why you are not getting your work done on time... now, discover why you're avoidng work... do you have unfinished businesses/tasks? Do you have regrets? Forgive yourself/others and empower yourself to do something about the tasks at hand.

I did lose sight of my dream for quite some time in the last year. It's easy, especially as an athlete to let the impressions of everyone else affect what you're doing. My mom is still one of those people. She's afraid her "baby" will fail.

It is a bit difficult, because growing up, I did not have it very hard. The only things I really felt I earned were through sports. Everything else just comes amazingly easy for me. In the last 3 days I have been inspired again to achieve my athletic dreams.

I have not lost the power to dream. I think I dream a little too much at time. I am working on my dreams and my Master List. Without both, a person is little more than a toy boat with a broken rudder going endlessly in a circle.

I am happy that I know I have the tools to get to where I wanna go; however, I still have bad habits that get in the way... so right now, I am not as happy as I can be - sometimes, with all the conflicts going on, I am confused and a mess.

The direction of my life is towards personal growth, but still not organized... just getting there. I just need to remind myself to take one step at a time and get rid of junk to free up my life.

Today, right now, I am happy with my life. I am happy that I have faith and confidence that my Lord and God will not let me fall. I am happy that everything is just as it should be and I lack for nothing.

We have a large house, all of us have space and we therefore are living comfortably.
I am able to give Vinayak excellent education and make him see the world.
I am earning so much money that the above 2 points become easy to manage. right now this is the bggest challenge.

Well... Yes and No. Yes, I am very happy that I received an email from Bill Bartmann about the TQ program. I am not pleased with the results I have gotten from my time here from living my life thus far. However, right now I feel I am on the right road to make massive life changes for the better. Honestly, I have been thinking about how to change for quite sometime as the past 2 years have been financially taxing and emotionally draining. I am pleased that my thought focus has attracted to me this fine solution through Bill Bartmann.

No, I am not happy with the direction of my life right now. I am letting the " money issues" direction my life. Yes, I am tip toeing into the direction but not full force like I should. Especially since I do not have a income coming in.

The person with a big stake in my dream, is my son. Teaching him how important it is for him to stay completely focused on education, the importance of choosing the right associates,teaching him that not all people are friend material, and that true friends are very rare. Teaching him the importance of becoming confident in himself, which builds the strength needed to never be influenced by negative people and forces. By helping him understand these important facts of life, I will be able to focus and accomplish to goals and plans that are the key to changing our life situation. And at the age of 10, he understands.

Well I just got hired to go and play my funky, boogie woogie,blues harmonica at a NASCAR event , solo, for 100,000 screaming fans, in North Carolina,they paid for the plane flight, and the hotel, this is the second show that I have done for this organization called FAST TRACK TO FAME. wow what a thrill... The first show was in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Speedway, another NASCAR event, so as you see, I have not backed down from my dream goal, of being noted as the best blues harmonica player that the world has ever seen, and making millions of dollars at it, and giving myself the world stage to present positive thinking concepts that will help change the world for a better place. So now I am living another very out of sight dream, that I have a beautiful personal assistant, who is 32, who loves my music, and my success system, I am 55, an independent CPA, and now I have the goal of marrying this awesom 32 year old lady, I must admit it, that she is a dream come true, and has made my life such a sweet exciting thrilling adventure....so that is another dream, that I am living focusing and getting myself totally excited about that.....I am also transferring my MO cpa license to California, which means I have to take 48 hours of CPA in a six month period, which is challenging as hell for me because I am a diabetic on top of everything, and I am an amplyopic strabismic, which means I see double floating vission about 90% of the time...but betweem my bad vision and my diabetis, I have learned a long time ago, that EXTREME POSITIVE THINKING MULTIPLYS MY NATURAL ABILITIES...and so I keep going using my extreme positive thoughts to make me high as a kite. Other miracles I made happen, is that I was accepted to the Washington Univerisity School of Dental Medacine without a college degree, and then I passed the CPA, certified public accounting test, without a degree in accounting...Yes all sorts of things become possible with extreme positive thinking

I have a dream to open my own office. I have the location, the date is set and I'm working on the people now to get us there. I need 6 licensed people to open my office and I'm working on getting the training going to help these people transition and get licensed. I am having a challenge in breaking down my dream to daily disciplines and what I need to do on a daily basis to get us there. I am also having a challenge with my thoughts. Thoughts of whether or not I can really do this. I question them all the time and know that I am capable and can do it. I have a great team behind me and I know that when I put my mind to it, I can accomplish it no matter what. I have done it in the past and I know I can do it here again. The difference now is that I have people counting on me to help them. To mentor and train them to be successful. And that's what scares me the most.

I am satisfied that I am working towards the goals that I have for my life, most of them at least. I am still unhappy with my job and I am working towards getting out to work on my own. My husband is encouraging me to apply for another job but I am keeping in mind that it was through his encouragement that I am in the present one that I have been unhappy with for the past 8 years. I am really looking at the fact that he doesn't understand my unhappiness with working for others and that I am so much more effective and driven when I am able to do what I want and how I want it. For so many years he made me believe that I wasn't disciplined enough to work on my own yet my cake decorating business was set up, uniforms, display banners, receipt books and income was growing by leaps and bounds. I only realised that when l started working at the bank. Eight years later, I know that I have what it takes to be an outstanding entreprenuer and that I have denied myself for too long. I applied to the bank hoping that they wouldn't call, they did and I have moved up to management quickly, jmagine that, in a place I hated. I know I could better serve myself in my own company and I will not begrudge what I have learnt here but in my spirit I know that now is the time for me to move on. I feel a sense of urgency not to spend years here again, gaining knowledge and insight into banking for which I only feel indifference. My babies are still very young and I can pace myself as the business and their needs become more demanding. So yes, i am happy with the direction of my life right now. I have matured enough to know that for most of your life you are in the "journey" phase, working on your goals day in day out then one day you make your goal, you enjoy it and then you start again in the "journey"phase towards the next goal.

Because they LOVE me. Oh! my husband and my childern have the largest stakes in my dreams. Why, because it is proven that the better mommy is the better the entire home is. "If momma aint happy, aint nobody happy!" Truth is, I am the center of my home and I know that when I am unhappy with myself and the state of my life it translates directly with how I deal with my babies, husband and home. No matter what my career goals are, or how much I achieve at work, nothing matters if my home is in a mess. Recently I am getting a better understanding of how I affect everybody. I have been unhappy with myself for SOOOO long BUT I must admit TQ is really helping me walk down that tunnel towards the light that I always saw but stood staring at wondering if its just a dream that one day I will get there. Anyway, how will they help me? Without their knowing it, seeing their progress at school, our togetherness as a family and our healthy active lifestyles will all help me to keep living my dreams because they were my dreams. I dreamt of my marriage, my babies and my home (almost there on the home). My dream for them is now to provide the best home I can, the best example of a wife and mother to them. Being that means I must be the best to me and work on all my goals, so that I can be happy cause "if momma's not happy aint nobody happy". Today is a good day!

I think I am at the true beginning of my dream. I am living in China for a year. I am writing a book of poetry. I am constantly challenged in a good way to face who I am and how I am managing my life. I am on my own and there is no one to blame but myself if I screw up. I love China! I have many opportunities here and I am settled enough now to focus better on my work.

I am a single man, but I have a Dream Team of people who are around me and encourage me... A very close male friend, a very close female friend, my brother, my sister, and a group of guys that I work closely with, who have a way of getting in my face!

By first inspiring myself! Then I will need an articulated plan of action that I can commit to and acheive. That would need to be followed by more action. The implementation of somehow chosing the right people,incorporating them into my dream and enabling them to become a significant part of acheiving it with me.

By not hesitating, act now, it is easy when you have defined your mission and values and roles, TQ has made it so simple for us, why do we keep making it so hard on ourselves, act now, do it now!Stop letting fear hold us back! Lets not be afraid of success but rather embrace it! Thanks, team TQ

A colleague of mine recently passed and it goes to show you never know when it could happen to you or a loved on. It really sucks not having him around, we used to laugh dryly together, but alas no more.
In lieu, of this I've reflected, that I am on my path to recovery and success. I am back to painting, though my poetry has taken a back seat until his death, which prompted a heart felt observance of his life and what he did. He reminded me, that I do my poetry, it is a part of my art, though I'd rather get paid for it. I've been afraid to get published because I was afraid of fear itself.

I realize now, that if I don't do what I need to now, when will I do it? This truly is the case. For all I know I'm sitting on a gold mine. Thank you for the heart felt lesson Jimi and TQ. It's a kick in my butt to do what needs to be done.

This is my story. I believe in TQ System and it was working until the manager bestfriend's unemployment was about to run out and she was scard. The manager tried to get rid of me in Dec. It didn't work but there was faithful January and that when I was set up to loose my job after fifteen years and five months. So now who has my forty hours a week- the best friend- and who is about to loose her home-Me?
Yes, I was positive still - thinking of installing new windows in my home before the winter. I was postive until my father slammed the door in my face when I mentioned my house note was behind. All that time no from my family never told me in order to recieve my unemployment benifits I had to appeal. Oh well.... I will loose again.

My dream has been to help small and growing businesses position their businesses in Africa. It has taken me 3 years , but I finally quit my job at a private equity firm and embarked on my dream. Its only been a few months and I've already helped 4 companies on their business positioning strategy. The impact is exiting and very satisfying. Thanks TQ Esther

I went to Asia Pacific region in early 2001 .Once a US Spy plane entered in China during that period .Although the plane was released but China and its associate countries increased the monitoring in the region .They thought I was a US recruit working on behalf of US in Asia pacific region .So the fight started .
In those days Taliban became turbulent and they were breaking Bamian statue in Afganistan .We were alert in Asia Pacific .I was stunned by the activities of Asia Pacific region in those days .I started fighting to take gaurd of the situation .
But I was removed from Singapore by Aug 2001 and the entire control that I established got wiped out after that .I think the attack plan on US was finalized and I got removed from Asia Pacific after that .
I tried my best from Asia Pacific .

Its not the question of any help for me .I mean mutual cooperation between India and US .We can help each other to overcome any difficult situation .
In 2001 we fought a lot but due to lack of non cooperation from every front we failed .Net impact was on US .
May be I won't go overseas but Indian Boys can do marvel .Just they need US and European cooperation .

For far too long, I have put the wants and needs of others above my own. I have also let the naysayers have far too much "voice," and almost forgot my dreams. They (my dreams) are back, with a clarity I''ve never experienced before. I have a lot of learning to do, but my mission is to become a nationally renowned Master Gardener, with garden communities in every state where people can come and learn how to use aquaculture, hydroponics, and permaculture that will work for them in their gardening zones. To LIFE!

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